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Social Media Marketing: File Requirements for Social Platforms

7 days ago
2 min read

Updated: 6 days ago

Ensure the social media content you create on Wix meets platform requirements for optimal display. In this article, you can view the file specifications for your images and videos.



Instagram Posts


Content

File requirements

Image asset

JPEG, GIF, or PNG

File asset

MKV, MP4

Minimum duration: 3 seconds

Maximum duration: 10 minutes

Minimum dimensions: 640 x 640 pixels



Instagram Stories


Content

File requirements

Image asset

JPEG, GIF, or PNG

Maximum size: 8MB,

Minimum ratio: 0.1:1

Maximum ratio: 10:1

Recommended ratio 9:16

Video asset

MOV, MP4

Minimum duration: 3 seconds

Maximum duration: 1 minute

Maximum size: 100MB

Minimum ratio: 0.1:1

Maximum ratio: 10:1

Recommended ratio 9:16



Facebook Reels


Property

Minimum

Maximum

Resolution

540 x 960 (540p)

No limit

Aspect ratio

9:16

9:16

Frame rate

23

No limit

Duration

4 seconds

60 seconds

File size

No limit

No limit


Limitations:


  • Supported formats for uploading videos and reels: 3g2, 3gp, 3gpp, asf, avi, dat, divx, dv, f4v, flv, m2ts, m4v, mkv, mod, mov, mp4, mpe, mpeg, mpeg4, mpg, mts, nsv, ogm, ogv, qt, tod, ts, vob, wmv.


Recommendations:


  • File type: MP4, MOV

  • Resolution: 1080x1920 or greater

  • Video settings: H.264 compression, square pixels, fixed frame rate, progressive, AAC audio at 128kbps+



Facebook Stories


Content

File requirements

Image asset

JPEG, GIF, or PNG

Maximum size: 8MB,

Minimum ratio: 0.1:1

Maximum ratio: 10:1

Recommended ratio 9:16

Video asset

MOV, MP4

Minimum duration: 3 seconds

Maximum duration: 1 minute

Maximum size: 100MB

Minimum ratio: 0.1:1

Maximum ratio: 10:1

Recommended ratio 9:16

Minimum dimensions: 960px



Pinterest Posts


Content

File requirements

Image asset

JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, or WEBP

Max size: 20MB

Minimum dimensions: 75x75px

Video asset

MP4, MOV, or M4V

Minimum duration: 4 seconds

Maximum duration: 5 minutes

Recommended ratio: 9:16 or 1080x1920px



YouTube


Limitations:


  • Supports the following formats for uploaded videos: .MOV, .MPEG-1, .MPEG-2, .MPEG4, .MP4, .MPG, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP, WebM, DNxHR, ProRes, CineForm, HEVC (h265)

  • YouTube doesn't support files over 256 GB.


Recommendations:


  • File type: MP4

  • Resolution/aspect ratio: 16:9


Any YouTube videos under 60 seconds in length will publish as a YouTube short regardless of the file size.



Twitter


Limitations:


  • Supports the following formats: GIF, JPEG and PNG files.

  • Does not accept BMP, TIFF or other file formats.


Size Requirements:


  • Photos can be up to 5MB.

  • Animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile and up to 15MB on web.

  • File size must not exceed 512MB.

  • Resolution/aspect ratio: between 1:3 and 3:1.



LinkedIn


Limitations:


  • Supports the following formats: GIF, JPEG and PNG files.

  • Does not accept AVIF file format.


Requirements:


  • Max file size: 5MB

  • Minimum image dimensions: 1200 px by 627 px.

  • Video size: 4096 x 2304 (maximum) and 256 x 144 (minimum)

  • Recommended ratio: 1.91:1



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